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Jazz_messenger Posted 23 years ago
Grammar

"a" and "an"

Hi,
Which would be correct usage :

1. A unique

2. An Unique

and why ?

Cheers !
  

Top answer

As far as I know 'a unique' is correct because in that case 'u' is not a vowel but a semi-consonant (or semi-vowel) like in university, unify, uniform, utopia and many with the sound -/ju/ at the beggining of the word.

— Elena

  • As far as I know 'a unique' is correct because in that case 'u' is not a vowel but a semi-consonant (or semi-vowel) like in university, unify, uniform, utopia and many with the sound -/ju/ at the beggining of the word.
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As far as I know 'a unique' is correct because in that case 'u' is not a vowel but a semi-consonant (or semi-vowel) like in university, unify, uniform, utopia and many with the sound -/ju/ at the beggining of the word.
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We've discussed this a few times:

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Yes, that's right. A long "u" sound requires "a" rather than "an"; but the opposite is true of a short "u."
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i agree that 'U' is here not a vowel.It must be a unique
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Hi all! I think you can`t use any of these articles if you use this word without a noun. If you use it with a noun,you must use it with an,because "u" is a wovel! Any way,I think so,and this is my opinion!
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I don`t understand you. Why do you think it`s not a vowel?
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Because the ' u ' is pronounced as ' you ' and ' you ' starts with yEmotion: smile
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hi.
The answer is -A UNIQUE!
because 'a' or 'an' are used according to the sound of the first letter.The sound of "unique " "u" is 'YU'..which is a consonant that's why we use "a" with unique.
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orojoV - have you "got this" now?
the letter u is classsified as a vowel, obviously, but the use of an /a is dictated by the sound of the word, and not just how it looks onthe page.
In this case we would say A unique.
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Which one am I suppose to use?
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